New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1887-10-11
ANOTHER FUNNY DISCOVERY.
PART OF THE CHICAGO SPEECH SUP
PRESSED.
The PRESIDENTS ALLUsIONs TO THE CHICAGO FIRE
NOT sPOKEN-HE FINDS THE CYCLoPEDIA nor


sPOkEN-HE
AND DROPS IT.
from TIE New. York
There IA somcthing about Mr.. Cleveidnds Chicago
speech quite funny anything that bas I-en dls
closed since the present canvas. Of seeondteIn anu
secOnd hand Oratory logan
Tho Chicago speech not delivered a. It was
written In Washington, 1t put In type a. tho
Government Printing Office, 1t was distributed 10
ths newspapefs Of tho United States through tho
agent the Associated Press and 1t was printed
evcry where except In Chicago.
As telesraphed from Chicago and published lii
tho Journals Ut New YorH. Philadelphia, 81 LOUIS
Cincinnati, Louisville, Kansas City and elsewher,
throughout the Union, Mr.. CicveIands speech In 10
sponsc to Mayor Roche's enthusiastic address Of vel
come contained the niloving instructive passaget
Your population In 1887. when Chicago was ineor-
porsted city. Wa 1000 The number Of Il. nhAoiu'n"
1871 100000 UPWARD aud the valuation OF Us
property probably s2So,0oO0oo LIS immense grown ana
business had then made It marvel among mod
time visited by direful calamity
without parallel extent and destruction, which threat
ened all promise Of greatness and apparently ended lis
In Oetober Of thai year Gre occurred which
burned over an era within the city 2,IO0 aeres.
killed 200 persons consumed 20 900 buildings made home
less 100000 people. aud destroyed property Of tho value
or 900, 0OO,0OO."
Tho American Cydoredia afforded the basis for
thee statements in tho passages here subIoined:
Chicago arst incorporated a city March 4,
1897. The first taken July l. 1881,
the city contained a population Of 4.l70 Popu-
iAon. reported by the Federal Census, 1870, 29s9'
city for the purpose OF taAaO In 1911, sos +d+10,
In OCTOBER 1871, Chicago WAS the scene VI Que OF
the most destructive CONGREGATIONS OF modern times
Inc Total area burned over Including Streets Wa 2Ioo
acres Nunberof building. ieaLroyed, 1880
Persons killed. a1out 200. Persons rendered home
less $4,000 The grand total VI pecun4ary damage
has been estimated a. 800, O0o,0Vs.'
such was tho valuable chapter OF historical and
statistical Information prepared by SIr Cleveland Tor
tho info nation vi the Inhabitants OF CHICAGO ana ON
him sclgay communicated 70 tho press In adj
an accurate report Of his OF hand speech. But the
Ina
Chicago. Between the time wLeu Colonel Lamont
delivered tho printed copy VI the imIromptu speech
to tho agent Of the Associated and tho actual
delivery VI tho mpronptu speech by Dir. Cleveland,
bis indianapolis effort had been discovered and that
tho whole country was laughing at him. lie ha.-
tened 10 throw the CyclopeNa overheard. The his
toItcal and statistical passage delivery,
but by uaacoouutable careiessness ON tho part "a
Colonel Lamont the representatives OF tho press
not notified Of tho change. The speech went out to
the country 1t h&d been originally composed at
Washington In q night Of hard work over tho fourth
volume Of the American Cycopcdia and the only
true reports of what ME- Gle. Gland really said
res ponso to Mayor Roche's welcome were published
by two three Chicago journals which did depend
upon tho printed slips from the Government Printing
Ofice but sent shorthand writers to take down his
words.
The suppressed passage contained the astounding
bunder into which Mr. Cleveland led by his own
unnleigent VI the Cy clopelas facts. He found
a table VI assessed valuations In the CycOpeda S
aicle on chicago and ,hereupon ha'tny Assumed
tho entire property Of the city, Instead Of less than
onethird, more careful examination OF his source
for Mr. Cleveland that "Ibe sun" OF last Monday
reached him before the Chicago address was delivered
Otherwise no would have Impaired to the people OF
that town in his solemny oracular way giote-luo
hit OF misinformation which would have caused every
Intelligent citizen 10 smoker right out In meeting.
We shall. therefore, beg leave % withdraw our
conclusion that the President Is not sufficiently sens
speeches now that their origin l. generally known
good deal Of arduous midnight labor goe- Tor naught
Cleveland has learned lesson which ha Is not likely
to forget